Means for attaching body-loops to hanger-bars.



F. E. WILCOX. MEANS FOR ATTACHING BODY LOOPS T0 HANGER BARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22 I913.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

FRANK E. WILCOX, OF MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING BODY-LOOPS TO HANGER-BARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14%, 1915.

Application filed August 22, 1913. Serial No. 786,113.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WILcoX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor Attaching Body-Loops to Hanger-Bars, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is the provision of improved means forsecurely and rigidly attaching the ends of vehicle body loops to theends of hanger bars. Heretofore various means have been devised for thepurpose and so designed that they should not work loose under the severestrains to which they would be subjected, but as far as I am aware allsuch prior means have embodied imperfections of construction and after ashort period of time have become loose or split the bars and requiredrepairs or the substitution of parts.

My invention consists in a metallic hanger bar with conical or taperingholes therethrough and body loops with perforated tapering heads fittingthe tapering holes in the hanger bar and firmly and immovably heldwithin said holes by bolts passed through the heads and nuts on the endsof the bolts, clamping the surfaces in frictional contact.

The accompanying drawing illustrates an example of the embodiment of theinvention constructed according to the best mode of procedure I have sofar devised for the purose.

p Figure l is a View in perspective of a metallic hanger bar, showing atone end a body loop attached thereto by my improved means, the other endshowing the parts separated. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective of Fig. 1as seen from the opposite or rear side. Fig. 3 is a section of thehanger bar and leaves of a supporting spring, the clips being bent downand a yoke applied. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of Fig. 2 takenthrough one end of the hanger bar and the head of a body loop.

Referring to the figures, the letter A designates the metallic hangerbar secured to the spring 13 by clips C passed through holes in the bar,bent down and yoke D and nuts E applied to the threaded ends of theclips. The clips anchor the bar securely at its central portion.

The method of attaching the body loops to the ends of the hanger barconsists in making conical o-r tapering holes F in the ends of the bar,fashioning tapering heads Gr at the ends of the body loops H,perforating the said heads at I and forming a tapering seat J at the topend thereof, and then seating the heads in the tapering holes andpassing threaded bolts K with tapering heads L through the heads G andends of the bar and finally clamping the parts together by nuts M on theends of the bolts.

By the means illustrated and described the. body loops are rigidly andimmovably anchored to the ends of the hanger bar, the heads will notwork loose and the bar will not split.

I am aware of the means for attaching body loops to hanger barsdisclosed in Letters Patent issued to IV. F. Morton, July 30, 1895, No.543,698, and to F. S. Carr, June 28, 1896, No. 553,668, and otheranalogous means, and do not claim such devices or combinations.

WVhat' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a metallic hanger bar having a plain tapering holetherethrough; a body loop with a perforated tapering head at the end,said perforation being enlarged at one end to form a seat; a threadedbolt with a tapering head the plain part of the bolt fitting the plaintapering hole at the smallest diameter and the head fitting the seat inthe loop head, and a nut; whereby the turning of the nut will draw theparts into close frictional contact.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. WILCOX. Witnesses:

B. V. ZIEGLER, J. E. HOERNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C.

